As one of the most influential and outspoken voices in Latin music, Residente has consistently pushed the boundaries of Spanish-language rap. Whether exploring the depths of human emotion and societal ...

The Billboard Latin/Español team celebrates 50 years of hip-hop honoring the most influential and outstanding rap stars from the Hispanophone world. The most essential Spanish-language rappers, the ...

Rapping in Spanish is no walk in the park. A quintessentially American art form, rap tends to suffer in the hands of Latino MCs who attempt to transpose its elusive aesthetic into Spanish. One glowing ...

Words rule in hip hop – most of them delivered in English, barring the occasional foray into nonsense slang. Increasingly, though, Spanish rap is coming into play. Whether in the Puerto Rican genre of ...

Riot policemen face demonstrators during a protest condemning the arrest of rap singer Pablo Hasél in Barcelona, Spain, Saturday, Feb. 20, 2021. A fifth night of peaceful protests to denounce the ...

On July 16, Dallas will serve as one of two regional qualifiers for Red Bull Batalla, the world’s largest freestyle Spanish rap competition. Since 2005, the series of events has provided young Spanish ...

BROTHERS Victor and Johnny Lopez were so young when they started stealing cars and taking joy rides that their little heads barely appeared over the dashboard. They weren’t even teenagers yet and had ...

On September 18, Faby of Lewisville, Zazo Wan of Dallas, and McBetho of Irving will compete against 36 freestyle rappers from the United States and Puerto Rico. The three rappers qualified for Red ...

While Spanish rap music has long dominated music charts abroad, the genre has recently experienced an uptick in listeners based in the United States. From Justin Bieber’s feature on Daddy Yankee and ...

MADRID—Spain’s Supreme Court sentenced a popular singer to one year in prison for Twitter messages that were deemed to glorify terrorism and humiliate its victims, the latest application of an ...